To p t i p !

Ru­mours can be rife in fam­i­lies and some­times there are sto­ries of leg­endary crimes. It’s al­ways worth check­ing with rel­a­tives for tales of past mis­de­meanours or old news­pa­per clip­pings, which are a good start­ing point for in­ves­ti­ga­tion. Be aware that sto­ries might have been ‘em­bel­lished’ through the gen­er­a­tions and, in some cases, il­licit acts may still be a shame­ful se­cret, the de­tails of which de­scen­dants might be re­luc­tant to share.